mức

Vietnamese

Etymology

Variant and doublet of mực (“ink”), a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 墨 (“ink”; SV: mặc). Ink lines (dây mực) are traditionally used in Vietnam (as well as East Asia) as reference lines, hence the shift in meaning.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɨk̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mɨk̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɨk̚˦˥]

Noun

mức (墨, 𣞪)

level; degree; extent; measure; standard

Derived terms

định mức
đúng mức
đường đồng mức
hạn mức
hết mức
mức độ
mức nước
mức nước tuyệt đối
mức sống

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